Sale reports / Tennessee / Dickson Livestock Auction / 2026-10-05

Dickson Livestock Auction

Feeder Cattle · Slaughter Cattle · Replacement Cattle · Dickson, Tennessee · Mon, Oct 5
● Final118 lots reportedUSDA AMS · slug 2064
Feeder Cattle receipts
847 head
▼ 594 vs last sale 1,441▼ 281 vs year ago 1,128 · −24.9%
Slaughter Cattle receipts
71 head
▼ 59 vs last sale 130▼ 56 vs year ago 127 · −44.1%
Replacement Cattle receipts
20 head
▼ 20 vs last sale 40▼ 18 vs year ago 38 · −47.4%
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Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, Feeder Steers $3.00-$6.00 lower, Feeder Heifers unevenly steady, Feeder Bulls $6.00-$10.00 lower, Slaughter Cows $8.00-$10.00 lower, Slaughter Bulls $3.00-$6.00 lower. Quality fair to good, Demand moderate to good.

Weight classPick one — the panels below update

Heifers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot
500–600 lb heifers averaged $349.62/cwt on 91 head, up $1.55 from the prior sale. That ranks 9 of 33 comparable sales and sits −33.17 against this barn's trailing median of $382.79.
Average price
$349.62
▲ 1.55 vs prior sale
91 head · 555 lb average
Value per head Derived
$1,939
Price × average weight ÷ 100
Grade differential Derived
$117
per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2
$37.10/cwt at this weight
vs the market
+14.12
vs TN average
−18.29 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade
Frame / muscleAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Medium and Large 1553352.061,94685
Medium and Large 2581314.971,8296thin
One grade step is worth $37.10/cwt here — about $117 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 400–500 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only
This sale91 hd
349.62
—
TN average16 barns · 655 hd
335.50
+14.12
National average187 barns · 16,614 hd
367.91
−18.29
This barn, trailing median33 sales
382.79
−33.17
A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

33 sales
432391351310median 382.7903/0204/2707/0608/3110/26
Heifers 500–600 lb: high $418.38, low $323.74, median $382.79 across 33 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

Slaughter cattle

By class and quality grade · $/cwt
Cull cows and bulls are graded, not weight-classed — grade is what moves the money here.
ClassGradeDressingAvg wt$/cwt$/headHead
Bulls—Average1,524183.362,7945thin
CowsBreaker 75-80%Low1,470139.182,04617
CowsBoner 80-85%Average1,224136.151,66727
CowsLean 85-90%Average1,167123.241,43914

Replacement cattle Per head

By class, stage and age
Bred stock and pairs are reported per head, not per hundredweight — these prices are never mixed with the $/cwt figures above.
ClassStageAgeAvg wt$/headHead
Bred Cows3rd Stage (7-9 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,293$2,5712thin
Bred Cows1st Stage (1-3 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,324$2,3134thin
Bred Cows2nd Stage (4-6 mo)Middle Aged (5-8 yrs)1,238$2,1886
Bred Heifers1st Stage (1-3 mo)Young (2-4 yrs)965$1,8001thin

Every lot, as filed

118 lots · USDA AMS · Dickson Regional Livestock Center - Dickson, TN
Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added. Grouped by class and set lightest first; USDA files them in sale-ring order.
ClassWeightGrade / descriptionAvg wtPriceRangePer headHead
Feeder Cattle · Steers28 lots · lightest first
Steers250–300Medium and Large 1293470.00/cwt470.00–470.001,3772
Steers350–400Medium and Large 1355421.67/cwt420.00–425.001,4973
Steers350–400Small 1368361.06/cwt352.00–370.001,3292
Steers350–400Medium and Large 2385370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,4252
Steers400–450Medium and Large 1417412.24/cwt400.00–440.001,7196
Steers400–450Medium and Large 2433372.09/cwt370.00–375.001,6117
Steers450–500Medium and Large 1476401.85/cwt385.00–415.001,91311
Steers450–500Medium and Large 2491360.04/cwt350.00–375.001,7688
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1Value Added503400.00/cwt400.00–400.002,0126
Steers500–550Medium and Large 1531371.00/cwt362.00–390.001,9707
Steers500–550Medium and Large 2539343.20/cwt330.00–350.001,8509
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added567370.78/cwt370.00–372.002,10213
Steers550–600Medium and Large 1575354.32/cwt340.00–367.002,03733
Steers550–600Medium and Large 2576327.25/cwt320.00–340.001,8859
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added615367.00/cwt367.00–367.002,2575
Steers600–650Medium and Large 1625347.99/cwt335.00–355.002,17515
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added660350.00/cwt350.00–350.002,3104
Steers650–700Medium and Large 1665334.14/cwt320.00–340.002,22221
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1713326.54/cwt320.00–330.002,3286
Steers700–750Medium and Large 1Value Added717338.96/cwt337.00–350.002,43011
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1Value Added765334.33/cwt330.00–347.002,55813
Steers750–800Medium and Large 1788328.50/cwt327.00–330.002,5894
Steers800–850Medium and Large 1805300.00/cwt300.00–300.002,4151
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added875324.75/cwt324.75–324.752,84259
Steers850–900Medium and Large 1883299.54/cwt297.00–302.002,6452
Steers900–950Medium and Large 1Value Added923302.00/cwt302.00–302.002,7872
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1963283.45/cwt280.00–287.002,7302
Steers950–1000Medium and Large 1Value Added967282.36/cwt280.00–292.002,7305
Feeder Cattle · Heifers32 lots · lightest first
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 2290370.00/cwt370.00–370.001,0731
Heifers250–300Small 1295320.00/cwt320.00–320.009441
Heifers250–300Medium and Large 1297400.00/cwt400.00–400.001,1883
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 2326367.89/cwt345.00–380.001,1994
Heifers300–350Medium and Large 1330423.86/cwt420.00–430.001,3995
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 2370365.89/cwt350.00–370.001,3545
Heifers350–400Medium and Large 1380391.56/cwt375.00–400.001,4883
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1-2Value Added415365.00/cwt365.00–365.001,51523
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 2420348.84/cwt335.00–360.001,4659
Heifers400–450Medium and Large 1424387.99/cwt370.00–400.001,64512
Heifers400–450Small 1440280.00/cwt280.00–280.001,2321
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 1471380.72/cwt360.00–390.001,79328
Heifers450–500Medium and Large 2476343.20/cwt325.00–350.001,63411
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 1523367.70/cwt350.00–377.001,92338
Heifers500–550Medium and Large 2525330.00/cwt330.00–330.001,7331
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1Value Added553362.00/cwt362.00–362.002,0022
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 1578338.42/cwt325.00–352.001,95645
Heifers550–600Medium and Large 2592311.96/cwt300.00–320.001,8475
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1620322.65/cwt310.00–332.002,00028
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Value Added625333.02/cwt330.00–335.002,08125
Heifers600–650Medium and Large 1Fleshy645305.00/cwt305.00–305.001,9671
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1Value Added663328.96/cwt327.00–335.002,1814
Heifers650–700Medium and Large 1671313.83/cwt300.00–325.002,10625
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 1711303.72/cwt300.00–315.002,1594
Heifers700–750Medium and Large 2725285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,0662
Heifers750–800Medium and Large 1755285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,1521
Heifers800–850Medium and Large 1815270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2011
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1Value Added858285.00/cwt285.00–285.002,4452
Heifers850–900Medium and Large 1875264.61/cwt262.00–270.002,3153
Heifers950–1000Medium and Large 1965245.00/cwt245.00–245.002,3643
Heifers1000–1050Medium and Large 11,031232.00/cwt232.00–232.002,3924
Heifers1050–1100Medium and Large 11,068212.00/cwt212.00–212.002,2642
Feeder Cattle · Bulls36 lots · lightest first
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 1264557.10/cwt530.00–570.001,4713
Bulls250–300Medium and Large 2285460.18/cwt450.00–470.001,3122
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 2319411.65/cwt400.00–420.001,3135
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 1331474.34/cwt450.00–500.001,5704
Bulls300–350Medium and Large 3335385.00/cwt385.00–385.001,2901
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1377406.43/cwt400.00–420.001,53210
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 2378365.84/cwt350.00–375.001,3838
Bulls350–400Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed380440.00/cwt440.00–440.001,6721
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 1423416.60/cwt390.00–420.001,76210
Bulls400–450Medium and Large 2428362.44/cwt340.00–385.001,5518
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed450412.50/cwt410.00–420.001,8564
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 2474341.84/cwt320.00–360.001,6205
Bulls450–500Small 1475336.95/cwt330.00–350.001,6013
Bulls450–500Medium and Large 1478381.95/cwt370.00–400.001,82621
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 2522328.97/cwt325.00–345.001,71719
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1Fancy528385.00/cwt385.00–385.002,0336
Bulls500–550Small 1530325.00/cwt325.00–325.001,7232
Bulls500–550Medium and Large 1532348.96/cwt335.00–370.001,85610
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1Thin Fleshed570350.00/cwt350.00–350.001,9951
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 2570291.98/cwt275.00–310.001,6645
Bulls550–600Medium and Large 1578328.99/cwt315.00–340.001,90228
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 1616315.07/cwt300.00–332.001,94121
Bulls600–650Medium and Large 2620290.00/cwt290.00–290.001,7981
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 2663279.80/cwt270.00–300.001,8553
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1Full665285.00/cwt285.00–285.001,8951
Bulls650–700Medium and Large 1677305.03/cwt300.00–315.002,06527
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 1713298.74/cwt295.00–300.002,1304
Bulls700–750Medium and Large 2726284.97/cwt280.00–290.002,0694
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 1771286.66/cwt280.00–290.002,2106
Bulls750–800Medium and Large 2780271.69/cwt270.00–275.002,1193
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1815280.00/cwt280.00–280.002,2821
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 2830270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,2411
Bulls800–850Medium and Large 1Full830250.00/cwt250.00–250.002,0751
Bulls850–900Medium and Large 2855230.00/cwt230.00–230.001,9671
Bulls900–950Medium and Large 2930170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,5811
Bulls950–1000Medium and Large 1970240.00/cwt240.00–240.002,3281
Slaughter Cattle · Bulls3 lots · lightest first
Bulls——1,340190.39/cwt190.00–191.002,5512
Bulls——1,410170.00/cwt170.00–170.002,3971
Bulls——1,765183.00/cwt183.00–183.003,2302
Slaughter Cattle · Cows10 lots · lightest first
Cows—Lean 85-90%94092.00/cwt92.00–92.008651
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,153117.00/cwt117.00–117.001,3492
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,175126.64/cwt121.00–131.001,48810
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,184128.89/cwt127.00–130.001,5264
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,213135.49/cwt132.00–142.001,64318
Cows—Boner 80-85%1,298144.34/cwt142.00–147.001,8745
Cows—Lean 85-90%1,345133.00/cwt133.00–133.001,7891
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,437138.19/cwt136.00–141.001,98611
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,498135.35/cwt135.00–136.002,0283
Cows—Breaker 75-80%1,565146.62/cwt146.00–148.002,2953
Replacement Cattle · Bred Cows5 lots · lightest first
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,0001,400.00/head1,400.00–1,400.001,4001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 2-31,2351,700.00/head1,700.00–1,700.001,7001
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2862,345.88/head2,000.00–2,700.002,3465
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,2932,571.08/head2,350.00–2,800.002,5712
Bred Cows—Medium and Large 1-21,3532,517.98/head2,400.00–2,600.002,5183
Replacement Cattle · Stock Cows3 lots · lightest first
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 1903270.00/cwt270.00–270.002,4382
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,015170.00/cwt170.00–170.001,7261
Stock Cows—Medium and Large 21,095185.00/cwt185.00–185.002,0261
Replacement Cattle · Bred Heifers1 lot · lightest first
Bred Heifers—Medium and Large 1-29651,800.00/head1,800.00–1,800.001,8001

How this sale compares

Tennessee weighted averages
One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Tennessee auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.